Publisher's Synopsis
Jacob Goldstein, a once promising federal government employee discovers a shocking truth that shatters his belief in the system: the world was conquered-and government service corrupted to the core-by vengeful sorcerer John Bureau centuries ago when he overtook the kingdom of Haiim. Disheartened, Goldstein retrieves to start anew in southern California, as far away as he can, he thinks, from the realm of Bureau. There he meets and falls for Eve, a princess in exile who lives on the run from murderous bureaucrats who overthrew her father, king of Zhizn. Goldstein realizes that John Bureau's legacy is more real and dangerous than he believed, and must devise the most senseless and naïve plan to save the love of his life-and perhaps the spirit of humanity.
